9.2.6 Nazi Germany prepares for War -Q Facts -

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AGE 9. The Time of World Wars

9.2.6. Nazi Germany prepares for War

Q

Facts

1. Explain why Germany had no colonies anymore.

2. Look up the meaning of the term "ethnic groups".

3. a multi-ethnic state is best described as a state...

1. in which different cultures exist within the same ethnic group
2. in which only one ethnic group lives
3. in which different ethnic groups are persecuted
4. in which many different ethnic groups live.

4. which people NOT Slavic people?

1. people in Eastern Europe
2. people in south western Europe
3. people in the Balkans
4. Russians

5. explain how the Nazi racial theory could be used to support the idea of conquering Lebensraum in Eastern Europe.

6. Hitler decided to build a network of highways for a number of reasons.
Try to think of at least three.

7. The Saar region was a small part of
Germany on the border with:

1. France
2. Belgium
3. Switzerland
4. Austria

8. The Rhineland was a demilitarized zone.
What does that mean?

1. it was occupied by French troops
2. German troops were present but they were not allowed any weapons
3. no German soldiers were allowed there
4. the Allies did not conquer this region

9. Think of a reason why France wanted the demilitarisation of the Rhineland to be a term of the Treaty of Versailles

10. What does "Anschluss" mean?

1. Unification of Germany and Czechoslovakia
2. Unification of Germany and Ruhr
3. Unification of Germany and Austria
4. Unification of Germany and Rhineland

11. What is the best synonym for the word "annexing"?

1. retreating from
2. destroying
3. occupying
4. liberating

12. Why was the Anschluss also a personal succes for Hitler?

13. What reason did Hitler present as to why the Sudetenland belonged to Germany?

14. Why did France and Britain focus on a policy of appeasement? Give three reasons.

15. Select the odd one out.

1. self-sufficient
2. Lebensraum
3. unemployment
4. Greater Germany

16. Select the odd one out.

1. Conference of Munich
2. Soviet Union
3. Chamberlain
4. appeasement

17. Put the events in the correct chronological order

Rome-Berlin Axis

Munich Conference

Conscription + Saar plebiscite

Anschluss

Rhineland remilitarised

Germany prepares for war 

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Write down one question about something in this lesson that you still don't fully understand.

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